Man dies after standoff in connection with officers' slayings

A police standoff in connection with the fatal shootings of two Topeka police officers came to a deadly conclusion Monday morning.

Police fired tear gas and gunshots into a home near Third and Western streets in the central part of the city that they had surrounded. Investigators believed the man they wanted to question in the fatal shootings outside a Dillons grocery store Sunday evening was inside.

Police identified the person of interest as David Edward Tiscareno, 22.

Authorities have not said who was taken into custody after the standoff, but that person was wounded and rushed to a hospital. The Shawnee County Sheriff's Office later said the man died from his wounds.

"At approximately 6 a.m., after numerous attempts to make contact with the individual, gas was deployed, and the suspect came out of the home carrying a gun. Shots were fired by law enforcement, and the suspect was hit and transported to a local hospital for treatment. It is unknown at this time if the suspect fired the gun he was carrying.

The suspect was pronounced dead from his injuries at the hospital," said a news release from Lt. Jay Simecka, of the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office.

The police officers who were killed were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle near the store. The slain officers were identified as Cpl. David Gogian, 50, and Officer Jeff Atherly, 29.

Police officials announced the news of the officers' deaths Sunday night as a small crowd gathered nearby for a candlelight vigil outside police headquarters.

Gogian had been with the department since September 2004 and Atherly since April 2011.

Police found the reported vehicle outside a house 10 blocks from the store. They searched the house but didn't find the suspect.

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